Minuscule

Minuscule

an ancient and medieval Latin and Greek, including Byzantine, handwriting style consisting of minuscules, or lowercase letters. Minuscule developed from the cursive hand of the late eighth century. Minuscules in the Latin alphabet include the Caroline minuscule of the late eighth to 15th centuries and the Gothic minuscule of the 12th to 15th centuries. The Greek cursive of the ninth and tenth centuries is a minuscule script based on the Greek alphabet. From the 13th century both majuscule and minuscule letters were used in the Latin script, serving different functions.

The miniscule losses that the pools have incurred so far, along with their potentially more significant but still limited losses in the future, demonstrate the strong credit performance of CMBS, the article says.

At its foundation is the manipulation of matter on the nanoscale -- between 1 and 100 nanometers, miniscule even compared to today's sub-micron IC technology -- with the aim of producing new, more powerful electronics.

The paper of the envelopes containing a contaminated product has some humidity in it, even if the amount is miniscule, and therefore can be energized by the application of microwaves to produce the heat necessary to kill bacteria.

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